What Qualifies as a Personal Injury Lawsuit?
Category: Blog | December 14, 2020
Personal injury lawsuits are legal conflicts that happen when a single person experiences injury from either an injury or an accident, and another person might be held legally responsible for that damage. Personal injury claims involve two primary concerns: liability … Continue reading
PDL BioPharma Announces $51.4M Capital Provision Agreement with Epps Investments
Category: Civil Plaintiff | December 14, 2020
RENO, Nev., Dec. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — PDL BioPharma, Inc. (“PDL” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: PDLI) announces it has entered into a Capital Provision Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Epps Investments LLC (“Epps”). Under the terms of the Agreement, Epps will pay PDL $51,391,184 no … Continue reading
GE Reaches $200M Settlement with SEC Over Financial Disclosure Problems
Category: Civil Plaintiff | December 11, 2020
General Electric Company GE shares are up 85% in the past three months, and the company can finally put at least one of its lingering problems to bed. What Happened? On Wednesday, GE agreed to a $200 million settlement with the SEC related to … Continue reading
Dish Network Settles Telemarketing Violations for $210M
Category: Civil Plaintiff | December 9, 2020
Dish Network will pay a $210 million settlement to the federal government and four states for telemarketing violations. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the settlement. Dish will pay $126 million in civil penalties to the United States for placing millions … Continue reading
Man Paralyzed After Police Shooting Settled Lawsuit for $8M
Category: Civil Plaintiff | December 7, 2020
SEATTLE — The city of Tacoma on Friday agreed to an $8 million settlement for a man who was paralyzed and had his legs amputated after being shot by a police officer during a low-speed car chase in 2011. The … Continue reading
SCANA and Dominion Energy Pay $25M in Nuclear Fraud Case
Category: Civil Plaintiff | December 4, 2020
SCANA and its successor company, Dominion Energy, have reached an agreement to pay the federal Securities and Exchange Commission a $25 million civil fine in one of the state’s largest civil fraud cases, according to public court records filed Wednesday … Continue reading
USWNT will Receive Equal Conditions in Settlement with U.S. Soccer
Category: Civil Plaintiff | December 2, 2020
The U.S. women’s national soccer team has been fighting for equal pay and treatment in court since March 2019. On Tuesday, the world’s top ranked women’s team reached an agreement with the U.S. Soccer Federation to address parts of their … Continue reading
Police Brutality Lawsuits in 2020
Category: Blog | December 1, 2020
There have been many issues that have surfaced in the year 2020, however, one of the most impactful movements that have occurred are The Black Lives Matter protests. The BLM movement started after the police killings of George Floyd and … Continue reading
Border Patrol Settles Lawsuit After Detaining Americans for Speaking Spanish
Category: Civil Plaintiff | November 30, 2020
(CNN)Two American citizens have reached a settlement in a lawsuit they filed against US Customs and Border Protection after an agent asked them for IDs because he heard them speaking Spanish. Ana Suda and Martha “Mimi” Hernandez, who live in the small … Continue reading
Home Depot Settles Data Breach Lawsuit for $17.5M
Category: Civil Plaintiff | November 25, 2020
Home Depot, a Georgia-based home improvement store, will pay a $17.5 million settlement to 46 states including Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana regarding a 2014 data breach, officials announced Tuesday. The breach exposed the payment card information of approximately 40 million … Continue reading